Re: Marcus LL101 Match Day 9 -- Confirmation

Just re read the Greek question and probably I won't get the points in spite of knowing the answer which is bloody annoying 

On 31 May 2024, at 18:44, Marcus Browning <marcusjbrowning@me.com> wrote:



3/6 which I was very pleased with given the hugely American questions 

Player: BrowningM

1. The kingdom of Ayutthaya existed for roughly 400 years, until the mid-18th century, in what is now what country?
Correct Answer: THAILAND
Your Answer: Thailand
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Hopefully this may be hard 

2. For the week ending May 4, 2024, the top 14 slots on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 chart were songs by Taylor Swift (as well as 15 of the top 20 and 21 of the top 30). The top two non-Swift spots were held by solo artists who are, respectively, a Washington State–born TikTok phenom and American Idol dropout, and an Irish musician who burst onto the music scene in 2013. Their songs are "Beautiful Things" and "Too Sweet"—name either artist.
Correct Answer: BENSON BOONE, HOZIER
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Not my area or era…

3. Name the McDonald's menu item first introduced in select locations in 1970, in celebration of St. Patrick's Day, and traditionally offered during the months of February and March.
Correct Answer: SHAMROCK SHAKE
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Impossible for a Brit 

4. Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Eumenides constitute a trilogy of plays by Aeschylus known by what name? This name for the trilogy is a term derived from (though is not identical to) the name of the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who appears in these and many other Greek dramas.
Correct Answer: ORESTEIA
Your Answer: Orestes
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

Presumably this plays and hopefully gets me 3 points 

5. A total of 21 primary logos of teams in the National Basketball Association (out of 30 total) have designs that include, at least in part, the image of a basketball. Of those, precisely one shows that ball going through a hoop (which it does while on fire). What team uses this logo? Both location and team name are required.
Correct Answer: MIAMI HEAT
Your Answer: miami heat
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Happy to get this

6. In 1982, Neal Gabler and Jeffrey Lyons were hired as the new co-hosts of a PBS series that had been, for a time, the highest-rated entertainment series on American public television. Name either of the men this duo replaced—Chicagoans and icons who had originated the series in 1975.
Correct Answer: GENE SISKEL, ROGER EBERT
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Not a prayer 

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